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	Who's making money in the cloud? Who's really making money in the cloud computing market? It can be tough to say for sure because most cloud computing companies don't make official revenue and earnings figures available. But, that hasn't stopped some analysts from making estimating at least the revenue results. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software 5 Questions for Buying a 2-Factor Authentication Solution You've decided to implement two-factor authentication, but how do you know which solution is right for your organization? In this brief, discover the top five questions that you should ask before purchasing a two-factor authentication solution, and how Dell's solution addresses each question. Read Now! In this Issue INSIDER What IT needs to know about near-field communications IBM to beef up content management, analytics in Connections enterprise social product Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun FreeNAS: Flexible, fast storage, and the price is right Press, bloggers fall for iPhone cup holder 'joke' Steve Jobs movie clip is not accurate at all, says Woz AT&T to buy Verizon spectrum for $1.9 billion How to clean up your business's online reputation Mobile apps are a priority in search of a leader RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Bandwidth Bottlenecks Have Your Network Traffic Crawling? No one likes network traffic jams especially when they pose a risk to your website, business apps and critical systems. Simply detection, diagnosis and resolution of your network issues with SolarWinds® Bandwidth Analyzer Pack. Identify bandwidth bottlenecks, track response time, availability and uptime of SNMP-enabled devices and much more. Download your FREE, fully-functional 30-day trial of SolarWinds® Bandwidth Analyzer Pack today to understand why slow-downs are happening and relieve your network congestion – fast. INSIDER What IT needs to know about near-field communications The rise of near-field communications (NFC) has been part of the discussion in the mobile industry for years. Unfortunately, the technology hasn't generated much more than discussion to this point. Read More IBM to beef up content management, analytics in Connections enterprise social product IBM will launch before mid-year several new and improved collaboration and communication products, including a new suite for human resources tasks and a major upgrade of its Connections enterprise social networking product. Read More Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Scale Your DNS Infrastructure to Protect Your Business DNS continues to be a tempting target for attackers, and when they succeed in disrupting DNS, all external data center services are affected. This paper helps organizations confronting these growth and security challenges understand how a new, full-proxy architecture for DNS provides a complete solution for global, local, and cloud load balancing. Learn More. FreeNAS: Flexible, fast storage, and the price is right It takes something different to stand out in the crowded network-attached storage market. How does free, as in free beer and free speech, sound? Read More Press, bloggers fall for iPhone cup holder 'joke' Hate to say I told you so ... No, wait, I'm fine with saying I told you so: That combination cup holder/iPhone case (right) that was mocked here on Friday is indeed a joke, or a publicity stunt if you prefer (and I do), according to the Dutch marketing firm that pitched it to reporters and the crowdsourcing site Indiegogo. Read More Steve Jobs movie clip is not accurate at all, says Woz Yesterday saw the first clip from the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher as Jobs and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak. The full film will be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival later today and is set for a wider theatrical release in April. But onto the clip, where we see an impassioned Jobs - played rather skillfully by Kutcher - having a discussion with Woz. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Adopt SDNs without Losing Network Control Riverbed Technology and VMware have joined forces to help address these problems and make it easy to deploy and manage VXLAN overlay networks in highly virtualized data centers. Learn more. AT&T to buy Verizon spectrum for $1.9 billion AT&T will buy mobile spectrum in the 700MHz band from Verizon Communications for US$1.9 billion, AT&T said Friday. Read More How to clean up your business's online reputation Keeping tabs on yourA company's online reputation is one thing. But angry customers trash-talking your business can sabotage your good name overnight. It's no easy task to minimize the damage done from the Web equivalent of the slam book. Read More Mobile apps are a priority in search of a leader Traditional IT vendors aren't leading with software, and businesses aren't hiring mobile leaders, according Appcelerator's survey. Read More
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